Is there a way to make an app stay alive in the background?
I'm annoyed by Spotify being auto-closed when not used (on pause in background). This disables the play button on my Bluetooth headset to start it and also the position in the song and even what song and playlist is lost.
Maybe it was my old Desire HD having more RAM that made it less prune to close Spotify as soon as it was left on pause in the background.
Any ideas on how to make Android favor certain apps and keep them from being killed?
sorech said:
Is there a way to make an app stay alive in the background?
I'm annoyed by Spotify being auto-closed when not used (on pause in background). This disables the play button on my Bluetooth headset to start it and also the position in the song and even what song and playlist is lost.
Maybe it was my old Desire HD having more RAM that made it less prune to close Spotify as soon as it was left on pause in the background.
Any ideas on how to make Android favor certain apps and keep them from being killed?
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If it has a persistent notification (icon in notification bar), turn that on. It will stop the app getting killed. If it doesn't have this function you're out of luck sorry.
I remember, way back in the day, when my phone was stock and I thought it was so cool that my music controls would appear when I hit the power button to unlock the screen. Then I thought it was even cooler that I could control Pandora (I forget if it was through lockscreen or through notification bar) the same way.
Now I'm rocking Continuum 5.5 and was wondering if there is something I can do to enable non-stock music players to be controlled through the lockscreen or notification bar without having to add any widgets to my homescreen or without having to download any extra apps. I even hate having to drag the little CD icon down on the lockscreen when I'm using the stock music player. Basically I'm really lazy and would like to control both Pandora and my new Google Music app through the notification bar and hopefully even the lockscreen and I'm very picky about having widgets and such.
tl;dr: can I control non-stock music apps through lockscreen and/or notification bar without having to download any apps or add any widgets?
I would live that too, my stock music player controls dissapeared when I unlock the screen now
Check out Power Amp in the market. Does what your asking and more
Now if it only was a light sabor too....
I know Symply and Subpression did this for all lock screens. Samsung based lock screens work with Samsung player, other lock screens work with any other player, don't know for sure Pandora, but I thought they did. I ran symply for a while, buts its not as stable as continuum.
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echonc said:
Check out Power Amp in the market. Does what your asking and more
Now if it only was a light sabor too....
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Well... the whole point is that I don't want to download any extra apps other than the ones I use, i.e. Pandora and Google Music. Besides, I've used PowerAMP in the past, when it was still free and I thought it sucked. Way too bloated with crap I don't need and a terrible UI.
quarlow said:
I know Symply and Subpression did this for all lock screens. Samsung based lock screens work with Samsung player, other lock screens work with any other player, don't know for sure Pandora, but I thought they did. I ran symply for a while, buts its not as stable as continuum.
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I've tried all the lockscreens that come with Continuum 5.5 with Pandora, Google Music, and Winamp, and none of them had controls on the lockscreen. I'm also wanting controls in the notification bar again, I miss that too.
I see that in the description for the "Obsession" ROM it says that a few of its lockscreens will work with ANY non-Samsung music player. Can someone running that ROM confirm whether it'll give me lockscreen controls for Pandora and/or Google Music? Thanks.
Did we find a solution to this???
Continuum 5.6 has music controls on lock screen. Not sure about pandora though. I'll check it out in a few
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Yep works with pandora
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So to answer your question, you can upgrade to continuum 5.6 and that will give you like four different lock screens that will have music controls for non-stock music players and pandora on the lock screen. As far as notification controls, they don't seem to be there.
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How about for Mosaic?!
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Wow, the music controls only work on the Epic and Glass lockscreens. Lol...
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Wow, the music controls only work on the Epic and Glass lockscreens. Lol...
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if you are referring to stock music player and continuum 5.6 then yes. But on 5.6 there is 9 lock screens., and several have music controls that work with any non-stock music player. Goto settings/lockscreen menu/lockscreen
Settings
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Nope, I'm on Mosaic IV.
How do you get the miui lock screen to work on continuum 5.6 to look like the screen shots? Mine just has the lock slider on the left and the volume slider on the right. No music controls, and doesn't have the buttons like all the miui screen shots have.
moore808 said:
How do you get the miui lock screen to work on continuum 5.6 to look like the screen shots? Mine just has the lock slider on the left and the volume slider on the right. No music controls, and doesn't have the buttons like all the miui screen shots have.
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Try posting in the rom's Q&A thread
Just added smart notifications to Media Utilities which basically adds notification controls to applications that have not added them yet like Pandora. Will automatically hide notifications if you switch the anther media app.
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Did we find a solution to this???
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I'm not the developer of this app, I found it on the Internet !
With that app we can turn off music keys on the top lockscreen when we not listen the music.
Ever wanted to remove the active song from the volume bar without rebooting your phone? Now you can!
Just open the application and your music will be stopped. The Volume Bar will be cleared and the music controls removed from the volume bar and the lock screen. No more accidentally pressing the play button.
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Download from MarketPlace:
http://www.windowsphone.com/pl-PL/apps/0899997d-c25a-4075-9b28-685308e1568b
Thanks for sharing!
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You can also play a video file and pause it, and voila, no more volume options for music!!!
Fantastic app.
Is it possible to write the app so that it will disable the music then close itself? That way, you could have it pinned to the start screen and simply press it, and it will do everything automatically.
Thanks for sharing!
Awesome and I second the idea of Lumic.
A little option should be avaible in the menu, which allows you to toggle if the application should close itself after removing the music bar.
thanks, very cool app )
Thanx for making this in an app in the marketplace. The app already existed though. Very usefull.
nice app. thanks for this one.
very cool app
Very good app. I think that Microsoft should have included this option in the OS.
I was just thinking about "There oughta be an app for this!" the other day.
Great app, thanks!
After I stop a song using the music player, the pause icon appears in the notification bar.
How do I remove this icon. Is the only way to go into task manager and end the music task?
Thanks
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Open the player and press "back" works every time
This bug was in BADA OS too (Don't know about BADA 2.0) Trademark Bug of Samsh!t ??
Solution is the same
Pause the current song
Tap Next or Previous (while its paused)
Tap Back till you get outta music player.
Now it will be closed
Thanks everyone for your help
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Boy124 said:
This bug was in BADA OS too (Don't know about BADA 2.0) Trademark Bug of Samsh!t ??
Solution is the same
Pause the current song
Tap Next or Previous (while its paused)
Tap Back till you get outta music player.
Now it will be closed
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It's not a bug, it's called multitasking.
When you pause a song, you are not stopping the music app. When you exit the app by entering it and then back button, that's when the app terminates.
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The pause icon will disappear on it's own accord when Android does what it is supposed to do and deems the program to be no longer needed.
For me it's a matter of mere minutes
I just upgraded to Pandora Premium on my Nexus 6 and all of a sudden I don't have lock controls, nor does it show up in the top bar (notifications bar).
I used to always be able to pause a song on the lock screen, now it's totally gone.
Pandora 1 never had this problem.
Does anyone have any idea why this is?
It's driving me nuts.
Thanks-
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Off topic, but that's a really old version of Pure Nexus.
Have you checked both Pandora's settings as well as the phone's?
My dumb mistake. I realized I had notifications shut off for Pandora in the app settings. Once I re-enabled the notifications and rebooted, everything works again.
Thanks